Download or read book Advanced Transport Operating System (Atops) Flight Management/Flight Controls (Fm/Fc) Software Description written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The flight software developed for the Flight Management/Flight Controls (FM/FC) MicroVAX computer used on the Transport Systems Research Vehicle for Advanced Transport Operating Systems (ATOPS) research is described. The FM/FC software computes navigation position estimates, guidance commands, and those commands issued to the control surfaces to direct the aircraft in flight. Various modes of flight are provided for, ranging from computer assisted manual modes to fully automatic modes including automatic landing. A high-level system overview as well as a description of each software module comprising the system is provided. Digital systems diagrams are included for each major flight control component and selected flight management functions. Wolverton, David A. and Dickson, Richard W. and Clinedinst, Winston C. and Slominski, Christopher J. Unspecified Center NASA-CR-191457, NAS 1.26:191457 NAS1-19038; RTOP 505-64-13...